London River Services

London River Services is an arm of Transport For London , which manages passenger transport on the River Thames in London . They do not own or operate any boats but License the services of other operators. The services they regulate are a mixture of leisure oriented tourist services and commuter services.

OPERATORS

Scheduled tourist and commuter services on the river are operated by a number of private companies, including:¹

BA London Eye (tourist services)

Bateaux London Catamaran Cruisers (tourist services)

City Cruises (tourist services)

Crown River Cruises (tourist services)

Lower Thames And Medway Passenger Boat Company (tourist services)

Thames Clipper (commuter and tourist services)

Thames Executive Charters (commuter services)

Thames River Services (tourist services)

Turks Launches (tourist services)

Westminster Passenger Services Association (tourist services)

Charter services, usually catering for large parties, are also available from these and other operators.

PIERS SERVED

Scheduled tourist and commuter services use the following piers, although no single service serves all the piers listed. The piers are listed in order going downstream:²

Hampton Court Pier , for Hampton Court Palace

Kingston (Town End Pier) , Kingston Upon Thames

Kingston (Turks Pier)

Richmond Landing Stage , Richmond Upon Thames , for Ham House

Richmond (St. Helena Pier)

Kew Pier , for Kew Gardens and Kew Bridge Steam Museum

Putney Pier , Putney

Wandsworth Riverside Quarter Pier , Wandsworth

Chelsea Harbour Pier , Chelsea

Cadogan Pier

Millbank Millennium Pier , for the Tate Britain Art Gallery

Westminster Millennium Pier , for the Palace Of Westminster , Westminster Abbey and Westminster Tube Station

Waterloo Millennium Pier , for the London Eye , South Bank Arts Precinct and Waterloo Station

Embankment Pier , for Embankment Tube Station and Charing Cross Railway Station

Festival Pier , for the South Bank Arts Precinct

Savoy Pier , near the Savoy Hotel

Blackfriars Millennium Pier , for St Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriars Station

Bankside Pier , for the Globe Theatre and Tate Modern Art Gallery

London Bridge City Pier , for London Bridge Station , HMS Belfast and the London Dungeon

Tower Millennium Pier , for the Tower Of London and Tower Bridge

St. Katharine Pier , for St Katherine's Dock and the Tower Of London

Hilton Docklands Nelson Dock Pier

Canary Wharf Pier , for the Canary Wharf Financial District

Greenland Pier , for Greenland Dock

Masthouse Terrace Pier

Greenwich Pier , for Greenwich , the Cutty Sark and the National Maritime Museum

QEII Pier , for the Millennium Dome

Barrier Gardens Pier , for the Thames Barrier

Woolwich Arsenal Pier

FARES

Unlike the Underground and Bus networks, operators charge their own (usually rather higher) fares. Most operators offer discounts to Oyster and Travelcard holders, as well as freedom pass holders and students.

REFERENCES

EXTERNAL LINKS

London River Services Website

Collection of Google Earth locations of London River Services Piers (Requires Google Earth ) from the Google Earth Community forum.

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